What Exactly is Community-Based Dance?, Oct 2007

From dance classes with prisoners, to after-school programs, to participatory rituals and multi-generational performance projects, Community-based dance can take a wide variety of forms. Here I explore the roots of […]

The Crisis in Criticism: The Economy, the Internet and the Death of Dance Writing, Jun 2009

If you are reading this, odds are you earn at least part of your living working in the arts, or are a committed member of the dance audience. Let me […]

Jo Kreiter: Artistic Activist/Activist Artist

If you are like me, you want artists who have an individual voice and the expertise to articulate it cogently. Some develop gradually; in others a special spark asks for […]

Berkeley Dance Project 2023: ‘Within These Walls’ by Lenora Lee Dance

Within These Walls is an award-winning multimedia work inspired by the experiences of the 170,000+ Chinese immigrants who were unjustly detained at the U.S. Immigration Station on Angel Island in […]

Berkeley Dance Project 2023: ‘Within These Walls’ by Lenora Lee Dance

Within These Walls is an award-winning multimedia work inspired by the experiences of the 170,000+ Chinese immigrants who were unjustly detained at the U.S. Immigration Station on Angel Island in […]

Berkeley Dance Project 2023: ‘Within These Walls’ by Lenora Lee Dance

Within These Walls is an award-winning multimedia work inspired by the experiences of the 170,000+ Chinese immigrants who were unjustly detained at the U.S. Immigration Station on Angel Island in […]

Berkeley Dance Project 2023: ‘Within These Walls’ by Lenora Lee Dance

Within These Walls is an award-winning multimedia work inspired by the experiences of the 170,000+ Chinese immigrants who were unjustly detained at the U.S. Immigration Station on Angel Island in […]

Berkeley Dance Project 2023: ‘Within These Walls’ by Lenora Lee Dance

Within These Walls is an award-winning multimedia work inspired by the experiences of the 170,000+ Chinese immigrants who were unjustly detained at the U.S. Immigration Station on Angel Island in […]

ORGANIZED CHAOS: Lenora Lee’s Fire of Freedom Tackles PTSD

GROWING FROM A RESIDENCY on the tiny black box stage at The Garage in San Francisco to large-scale site-specific works that incorporate film, martial arts, text, and installation elements, Lenora […]

Getting it Out There: Smart Mobs, Improv Everywhere and Engaging Dance Audiences

A few weeks ago, a good friend told me I needed to check out a YouTube video she had come across—The Sound of Music at Central Station in Antwerp. Google […]